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DEADWOOD, S.D. — Once the stomping ground of grizzled gold miners, gun-slinging gamblers and men fueled by six-chambered justice, this place is now home to a wholly different breed. On a recent Friday night, the downtown crawled with, of all people, a band of gray-haired women in purple clothes and red hats. The members of the Red Hat Society were several hundred strong, laughing their way up Main Street while gathered for a conference. I stopped one who wore a long-sleeved purple turtleneck, a purple sequined vest, purple pants, a red sequined bolo and, of course, a broad red hat. "Looks like you're having fun," I said. "I don't think you ladies could have...

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